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SHOWCASE

SHOWCASE '93 #5 May 1993 [$1.95] Cover Credits: José Luis Garcia Lopez (pencils, inks)

First Story: "The Take Down" (22 Pages)

Credits: Doug Moench (plot, script); Keiron Dwyer (pencils); Dick Giordano (inks); Ken Bruzenak (letters); Joe Orlando (colors); Dennis O'Neil (edit consults); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Robin III

Supporting Character: James Gordon

Villain: Ramon Bracuda

Note: Story concludes next issue

Synopsis:

Robin is determined to take Ramon Bracuda down and pursues him to the Coit Pyramid building. After a long battle with him, he is exhausted but Bracuda is subdued, ready for the police to take him into custody.

Second Story: "Seed of Destruction" (10 Pages)

Credits: Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin (plot, script); Pete Moriarty (pencils); Dan Davis (inks); Willie Schubert (letters); Rick Taylor (colors); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Blue Devil

Supporting Character: Morty

Villains: Blacksmyth, Galaxa, Nebiros

Note: Story concludes next issue

Synopsis:

Dan Cassidy is human once more, freed from his crazy life as Blue Devil, but Galaxa has other ideas and forces him back into his Blue Devil mode. However, when he allows his power to be unleashed fully, Galaxa is defeated and he can return to his 'normal' life. Elsewhere, Nebiros re-emerges on Earth.

Third Story: "The Ghost in the Machine" (10 Pages)

Credits: Mike W. Barr (plot, script); Bryan Hitch (pencils); John Beatty (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); Tom McCraw (colors); Neal Pozner (edits)

Feature Character: Geo-Force (next in flashback in Outsiders Vol. 2 #10)

Supporting Characters: Dr Simone Kneidel, Denise Howard (both next in Outsiders Vol. 2 #1 Omega)

Villains: The Untouchables

Synopsis:

Faced with being stuck intangible, Geo-Force works out how to use his gravity powers to cure himself then works with the Untouchables to achieve the same for one of them. However, one of the Untouchables doesn't trust him and betrays the hero, trying to kill him, meaning that Geo-Force has to have them arrested.